Where In The World Is Edward Snowden? Still Russia, It Seems

by: June 24, 2013

After hours of breathless reporting about how “NSA leaker” Edward Snowden would be getting on a Moscow-to-Havana flight Monday, it seems he did not in fact board the jet for what what was thought to be a step toward asylum in Ecuador.

Meanwhile, Reuters reports from New Delhi that “Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday the United States does not know the intended travel destination of former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden after he was allowed to leave Hong Kong despite U.S. demands for his arrest.”

So, there really isn’t much we can add at this point to our Snowden/NSA leaks timeline:

June 9: The Guardianidentifies Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor, as the source of the leaks of classified information behind its exclusive reports. The newspaper says Snowden asked that his name be made public, and links to a video of the 29-year-old consultant justifying his actions. The newspaper says Snowden has taken refuge in Hong Kong.